Package-tie.



M. A. SMITH.

PACKAGE TIE. APPLICATION FILED mu! I5. 1914.

1 9 H 1,01 5 Patented May 25, 1915.

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MICHAEL A. SMITH, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO JAMES SMITH, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

lACKAGE-TIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Fatented May 25, 1915.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, MICHAEL A. SMITH, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Package-Ties; and I do hereby declare the following to bea full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates improvements in package ties, and has for its principal object to provide a simple and effective package tie which will eifectively hold a cord or twine in place on a package.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device in which the cord may be used an unlimited number of times, thereby effecting a material saving.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device which will save time in the tying of packages and still hold the device as tight as is ordinarily possible with the use of a knot.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel combination and arrangement of parts which will be fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings, in which,

Figure 1 is a top plan view of a package illustrating a package tie constructed in accordance with this invention as it would appear when in place, Fig. 2 is a side view in elevation of a package tie constructed in accordance with this invention showing a portion thereof broken away to more clearly illustrate the details of construction, Fig. 8 is an end view of the package tie, and Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the blank from which the tie is constructed.

Referring now to the drawings by characters of reference, the numeral 1 designates as an entirety a package which is to be tied, while the numeral 2 designates as an entirety the package tie.

The package tie referred to by the numeral 2, comprises the main body portion 3 having formed thereon the side flanges 4 which extend throughout the entire length of the body and which are provided intermediate their ends with the recesses 5 which terminate at their inner ends in the enlarged notches 6, the use of which will appear as the description proceeds. Projecting laterto new and useful ally from the lateral edges of the flanges 4 at spaced intervals are the tongues 7, which are spaced from each other by means of the slots 8, which slots are arranged to receive the cord or twine with which the package tie is used. Formed at one end of the body portion is the aperture 9 through which the twine extends as will be clearly seen in Fig. 1. This twine or cord is designated by the numeral 10 and is provided at one end with the knot 11 which lies within the trough formed between the lateral flanges 4: and the body portion 3 when the device is bent in its proper shape.

In the form of the device, the blank is first stamped as illustrated in Fig. 4 and the side flanges 4 are then bent upwardly on the lines 12 which forms a trough-like structure. The tongues 7 are then bent outwardly on the lines 13 to form lateral projections between which the cord or twine rests and is firmly clamped.

From the foregoing it will be evident that the twine 10 is passed through the aperture 9 as shown in Fig. 1 and the same is then passed longitudinally around the package and into the opposite end of the trough formed by the body portion 3 and lateral flanges l as illustrated in Fig. 1. The twine is then pressed into one of the notches 6 and passed laterally around the package and is then brought as at 14 in Fig. 1 to a point within the adjacent notch 6, and thus passes beneath one of the tongues 7 and through one of the slots 8, thereby firmly locking the whole together and preventing the package from becoming untied. In order to loosen the twine, the free end of the cord is slipped from its position in the slot 8 and from beneath the tongue 7 and it will be apparent that the entire package may be easily and quickly untied and the device saved for use in tying another package.

While in the foregoing there has been shown and described the preferred embodiment of this invention, it is to be understood that such changes may be made in the combination and arrangement of parts as will fall within the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

What is claimed is:

1. A package tie including a body, lateral flanges formed on the body and extending throughout its entire length, said flanges being provided with central recesses, said recooperate With the tongues in holding a package in its tied positlon.

2. A package tie comprising a body, lateral flanges formed on the body and extend; ing throughout its entire length, said flanges being proyided With central recesses,-the reeesses' hayin V notches at their innermost corners, the anges being bent upwardly to form a trough on which the flexible connections forming the remaining portion of the 15 tie, lies, and a plurality of laterally extending tongues formed at the upper edges of the flanges, said tongues being separated from each other by slots and so arranged as'tog rip the flexible connections to hold the 20 copies of this patent niay be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Iatents,

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